Nippers

Welcome
Welcome to the 2017/2018 Nippers season at Ocean Beach where we offer a fun and active lifestyle choice for children between the ages of 5 and 13 within a relaxed family environment. Once again we are looking forward to a great season with warm water, good waves and sunny days. We especially look forward to meeting new members and welcome back our nippers from last year.

Nipper Handbook/Calendar 2017/18
Please find the attached updated Nipper Handbook/calendar that contains all the relevant information that will be needed for the Season 2016/2017

Parents at Nippers

Become Involved
How Parents can get involved at Ocean Beach Nippers! We are continually working to make Ocean Beach Nippers a club where all children feel proud to be a member, where they learn individual and team skills on the beach and in the surf, and above all where they have a great time each weekend. As a voluntary organisation we need help from you, the parents and guardians, to be able to make Nippers an enjoyable experience for all our Members. This year at Ocean Beach we have strengthened the parent participation requirements with the need for one parent at registration to nominate the activity which they would like to assist in.

How Parents Can Help
Marshaling and activity assistance Water Safety – (must hold current Bronze qualification), Carnival Official, Carnival Tent Set-up and Pack-up Teams, Beach Set-up and Pack-up Teams, Administration – Attendance Register table, and Administration – Carnival Entries. We will be very happy to discuss any of these roles with you at the Registration days. Bronze Training: To obtain your surf bronze medallion, and therefore work with the kids in the water, you will be trained via the Senior Club. Please indicate your interest for this also.

Club Boards
We have a supply of Nipper boards and children are able to use these boards during Sunday training and competition. U/9 & U/10 — Use a foam surf board. U/11 to U/13 — Use fibre glass boards. U/14 — Use Racing Mals. Only under 14s who have been trained on these boards are allowed to use them. All these boards are expensive to repair and replace. They are only available for Sunday morning Nipper activities or for supervised training. They are not available for general recreation. Club boards used by children must be taken back to the shed.

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2017/18 Season – Membership Renewal

Existing Members can renew their membership via the Members Portal at http://portal.sls.com.au. Members can create a Members Portal account and once logged in click the Lifesaving Online tab. The Lifesaving Online functions within the Members Portal enable members to:-

Renew their membership

Pay their clubs membership fees

View their patrol rosters, past patrol hours and awards

Update Personal Details

Create a Family Group – see note

Access eLearning

Request substitution for a patrol

NOTE: If you want to renew an entire family, the Primary member can create a Members Portal account, create a Family Group in Lifesaving Online within the Portal and renew all members of the family in one transaction. This eliminates the need for every member to have their own portal account.

If you need help with any of this, please contact Belinda Thompson in the office between Monday-Wednesday 9.00am-3.00pm or Friday 9.00am-12.30pm.